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David Maynard
Because it's a world market and if oil is going for X everywhere else why would a 'local' sell it there for Y when they could sell it to someone else for the X world price?
Uh, what do you think the earth might 'sink' into? Space?
Don't need 'em. It's called *known* reserves. You just have to follow the words of the guys who bored the holes. They actually print that stuff for public consumption you know? Gawd, "geo. credentials" what a maroon.
Of all the people on this continent, you guys are the biggest fossil fuel guzzlers of the bunch. With your honkin' big SUVs and your mile long motor homes and other assorted uh-huh toys. What are we up to now, four car families or what? Why don't you sell some of those suckers and save a quart or two? And don't be screaming *too* much about self sufficiency, if it wasn't for the Canadian hydro supplies you folks in California would be groping around in the dark wondering why the goddam light switches don't work. As an aside, you've also screwed up most of your potable fresh water and where are you are your eyeballs swinging now. Why north of course. You know, those dumb Canuks got lots we can have and besides, why should they be allowed to own all that water anyway. Guy, you folks are born super consumers, who give very little thought to consequences of your actions until one resource or another is just about all gone. So please, don't preach to me, you have got *absolutely nothing* to teach me.
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David Maynard
Now you've descended into witless name calling, not that it was all that grand a descent from where you started.
Obviously not.
Then you'd be wrong.
That's when they returned to giving it away.
Netscape began life as Mosaic Communications Corp in April 1994 and took on the name Netscape in November of the same year.
Read and weep
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"Netscape, Available Now, Builds On Tradition of Freeware for the Net
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (October 13, 1994) -- Mosaic Communications Corporation today announced that it is offering its newly introduced Netscape network navigator free to users via the Internet. . . . "Making Netscape freely available to Internet users is Mosaic Communications' way of contributing to the explosive growth of innovative information applications on global networks," said Andreessen, vice president of technology at Mosaic Communications. "
After they wiped out the competition and acquired a dominate position, yes.
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David Maynard
That's certainly your opinion but what makes you think your mind reading skills work any better on Bill Gates than they do on me?
In other words you can't support the theory.
I've already explained why an O.S. supplier would want to control things like critical updates and other O.S. functions.
Feel free to install anything you like, just as you've always been able to.
You're right, I haven't experienced any problems.
Then don't use Windows.
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Michael A. Terrell
I have repaired computers for 23 years. I teach free classes on computer repair and how to build your own. I have worked with embedded controllers, both custom design and PC-104 format. Some of my computer work is in orbit aboard the ISS. Now that I am a 100% non service connected disabled veteran I have started a program to collect and repair computers which are given to disabled veterans who can't afford to purchase on on their disability pension. I repair some motherboards and other computer circuit boards, monitors and printers. I owned a used computer business for a few years before I went back to electronics manufacturing of communications equipment. Do you have any idea how much bandwidth is available to the ISS, or what equipment they use? I worked on the KU band equipment used for data and private video link to the ISS.
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Michael A. Terrell
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Mxsmanic
Within limits, yes.
If it is forgotten, how are you able to refer to it?
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
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Mxsmanic
Whether or not what David says is true. You said "assuming," which implies that you didn't know whether it was truth or not and that you did no research.
It's illegal for them to install the same copy of Windows on more than one machine.
And typical American families don't do this, anyway. They buy machines with Windows preinstalled, so no legal issues arise.
Perhaps, but only dishonest people do this.
How? They have Windows preinstalled on their machines, and so they have no reason to pirate it. Additionally, most of them are honest, and so they wouldn't necessarily pirate it even if they had a reason to do so.
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
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David Maynard
Please, no more of your self analysis.
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David Maynard
Well, at least you're consistently loony.
First sane thing you've said.
I didn't make any comment at all about what would be a 'fair', or 'unfair' price.
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David Maynard
It's a redundant waste of time to snip out the 'other side' points I included and then type them right back in with your own wording of the same thing.
The main reason Microsoft integrated Internet Explorer into Windows was to crush the Navigator/Java threat.
Step out of your closet and take off your blinders.
Which could better be included by OEMs or installed by those of us who don't need everything preinstalled.
I guess you've never experienced the problems an integrated Internet Explorer can cause in Windows. Some of us enjoy having only the programs we need.
Long gone are the days I tried to keep up with the ever increasing garbage Microsoft dumped onto my hard drive with each new version of Windows. It's like living on a landfill.
I think your memory is getting shorter by the minute.
You are out of touch.
They do and they feel justified. Everybody else in the world gets it for free, Americans don't like being the only support for Microsoft's empire.
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John Doe
Or maybe it's the hard drugs you are using.
Obviously you did.
I think you have it backwards. Netscape began giving navigator away after Microsoft began pushing navigator out of the market. That loss was approximately 17% of Netscape's income.